I grew up in a poor but happy family and always believed money can’t buy happiness. Then I grew up, found the internet and found out rich people are pretty damn happy too. Apparently money can be used to buy things which can make people happy. That middle step is the important part of the formula.
Old adages we tell poor people so they don’t feel bad are partly correct, but reality is a lot more complicated. While it’s true money can’t directly buy happiness, being rich isn’t necessarily a guaranteed path to sadness either.
As an adult I realized the necessity of money to maintain a healthy relationship. Mutual coexistence with a sexual partner is a lot easier with properly managed finances and requires a certain amount of money to work properly. The more you have the easier it is to be happy.
A recent survey by one of the internet’s most popular dating websites has confirmed this hypothesis. According to their data couples with a household income greater than $200,000 are happier than those who earn less.
eHarmony asked 2,000 people to complete a survey on their lives. These “everyday Americans” were all in long-term relationships and 64 percent of them were happy. However, those who were in the survey’s higher income bracket we’re even happier. A whopping 71 percent of the richest people surveyed said they were “completely in love” with their spouse, the survey’s highest happiness rating.
From what we already know about rich people, this could be because they’re having a lot more sex.
A few years ago, we read a survey that suggested wealthy people have better sex. This was attributed to having the economic freedom to explore their sexuality and as well as the extra income to have more fulfilling social lives. Considering wealthy people are also more likely to have the time and resources to eat healthy and exercise it’s no surprise that study found rich people to be more satisfied with their sex lives than the less privileged.
It’s hard not to feel personally attacked by studies like these because I’m not happy with either my love life or employment. Maybe if I get a better job I’d find myself in a healthy relationship as well. Alternatively, I can just keep coasting and wait for a survey that suggests underemployed 35-year-old slackers are the most desirable mates.
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